Comments on: The Ethics of A Remote Control War http://susiemadrak.com/2008/04/21/07/52/the-ethics-of-a-remote-control-war/ Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:41:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: sister of ye http://susiemadrak.com/2008/04/21/07/52/the-ethics-of-a-remote-control-war/#comment-141450 sister of ye Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:17:24 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/?p=24566#comment-141450 That cold, technocratic approach to war and killing is one reason we always deplored the Nazis, with their efficient trains leading to efficient, bureaucratized death camps. That's why I've disliked Godwin's law, because if you paint Nazis (or any other thugs) as supernatural boogeymen, instead of human beings who let their worst qualities twist them into evil, you blind yourself to the signs that you might be following the same fascist, perversely inhumane path. That cold, technocratic approach to war and killing is one reason we always deplored the Nazis, with their efficient trains leading to efficient, bureaucratized death camps.

That’s why I’ve disliked Godwin’s law, because if you paint Nazis (or any other thugs) as supernatural boogeymen, instead of human beings who let their worst qualities twist them into evil, you blind yourself to the signs that you might be following the same fascist, perversely inhumane path.

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